Salon’s Free Software [book] Project:
What we’re doing is taking a book about the
history, ideas and personalities behind the free-software/open-source movement
— a book that Andrew Leonard is in the process of writing — and posting it, in
pieces, here, as it’s written. We’re publishing the book as a work in progress and
inviting readers — Linux veterans and newbies alike — to post their comments,
criticisms and reactions. Leonard will in turn respond, and incorporate changes
in the text as seems right.
Our hope is that this format will subject the book to the same kind of online peer
review that the open-source movement applies to its software code. Everybody
benefits: We get to improve the editorial product we’re creating, and visitors to
the site get what we hope will be a unique informational resource — a take on this
story that you won’t find anywhere else.